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Emmett Till
Emmitt Till was an African American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 because he flirted with a white woman. Till spoke to Caroline Bryant, the owner of a nearby grocery store. Later that day, Bryant's husband abducted Till. His body was later found in a river. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a 13 month protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. This event was sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 was a group of nine African American students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. This event spiked the Little Rock Crisis which prohibited students from entering the racially segregated school. Later, all laws establishing segregated schools were ruled unconstitutional. -
Youth Movement: SNCC and Sit-Ins
The SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) was a civil rights movement to end racism. Sit-Ins were an act of on non-violence which opened the nation's eyes to segregation. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States to protest the ruling that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. -
James Meredith and Ole Miss
The Ole Miss Riot of 1962 was fought between the South, federal, and state forces on the enrollment of James Meredith, a black US military veteran. In the riot, two people were killed and 300 were injured. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a protest for civil and economic rights for African Americans. This is where Martin Luther King gave his speech, "I Have a Dream," to end racism. -
Project C and Children's March
Project C, also known as the Birmingham Campaign, was the beginning of lunches, marches on City Hall and boycotts on downtown merchants to protest segregation laws in the city. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a protest in the United States which attempted to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, a state which excluded blacks from voting. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed the discrimination based on race, religion and sex. It also provided citizens with the right to vote. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. People accused him of supporting racism and violence. He was later assassinated. -
Selma to Montgomery March
The Selma to Montgomery march was a protest to walk 54 miles in Alabama. They contributed to pass the Voting Rights Act. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminates racial discrimination in voting. It was signed during the Civil Rights Movement and Congress amended the act five times. -
The Philosophy of Non-Violence
The Philosophy of Non-Violence were letters from a Birmingham Jail that supported the end of violence within racial segregation and discrimination.
